﻿1350 CATALOGUE OF 



Genus 4. lONTHA. 



Mas, Corpus vix robnstum. Proboscis mediocris. Palpi 

 longi, oblique ascendentes ; articulus 2us validus, vix arcuatus, 

 dense pilosus; 3us gracilis, linearis, compressus, 2i dimidio vix bre- 

 vier. Anlennse subserratse, subciliatae. Abdomen longissimum, 

 alas posticas dimidio superans, fasciculo longissirao apicali e pilis 

 dilatatis, AlaB anticae angustae, acutse, apud costam rectae, margine 

 exteriore recto perobliquo ; posticae longse, latse, trigonag.. 



lontha, Douhleday^ Entomologist^ 297. 



Male, Body hardly stout. Proboscis moderately long. Palpi 

 long, obliquely ascending; second joint stout, very slightly curved, 

 densely pilose ; third slender, linear, compressed, very much more 

 slender than the second and nearly half its length. Antennae 

 minutely serrated, very minutely ciliated. Abdomen extremely 

 long, extending for nearly half its length beyond the hind wings, 

 with a very long apical tuft of dilated hairs. Fore wings narrow, 

 acute, straight along the costa, straight and extremely oblique along 

 the exterior border. Hind wings triangular, long, broad, being 

 produced by the interior angle. This gervas approaches very near 

 to the Pyralites, 



1. lONTHA UMBRINA. 



Ferruginea ; abdominis fasciculus apicalis nigricans ; alee apud 

 marginem exteriorem obscuriores, fascia marginali ccerules- 

 cents ; anticcB lineis duabus transversis indistinctis obscuris, 



lontha urabrina, Doubleday^ Entomologist^ 298. 



a. Silhet. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



Genus 5. LAGOPTEEA. 



Corpus crassum. Proboscis robusta, mediocris. Palpi validi, 

 erecti ; articulus 2us longus, arcuatus, dense pubescens ; 3us longi- 

 conicus, minimus. Antennae corporis dimidio longiores. Abdomen 

 incrassatum, longi-conicura, alas posticas non superans. Pedes 

 robusti, densissime fasciculati ; tibiae posticae calcaribus longissimis. 

 Alffi latae, non denticulatae ; anticae subacutae, apud costam rectae, 

 margine exteriore obliquo vix convexo. Mas, — Antennae crenulatae, 

 subciliatae. 



